Filing-envelop for phonograph disk records and other filing purposes.



J. P. El'SEN-HAUER. FILING ENVELOP FOR PHONOGRAPH DISK RECORDS AND OTHER FILING PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7 1913.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

13m 05 BLSCAY JOHN P. EISENHAUER, OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

FILING-ENVELOP FOR PHONOGRAPH DISK RECORDS AND OTHER FILlING PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed May 7, 1913. Serial No. 766,228.

The invention relates to improvements in filing envelops for disk records and documents and papers of every description.

The object of the present invention is toimprove the construction of filing envelops,

more especially the containers for disk records and to provide a simple, practical and eflicient envelop adapted to hold disk records and papers of every description in an orderly manner and at the same time allow ready and convenient access to any desired record or paper without unnecessary handling of disks of records not desired.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a face view of a filing envelop embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is an elevation of the openend of the envelop.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompan ing drawing in which is illustrated the pre erred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates a filing envelop constructed of a single piece of flexible material such as paper and folded centrally at 2 to form two side walls 3 and 4 and to provide a closed. rear end. The outer end 3 of the filing envelop is open to provide an open front 3 for the introduction of a disk or other record and the said side walls are designed to be provided with recesses 5, to facilitate the ready removal of the contents of the filing envelop. The side wall 3 is pro; vided at its side edges with inturned flaps 6 and 7 which are secured by adhesive material to the inner face of the side wall 4 to close the filing envelop at the side edges throughout the entire length thereof. The other side wall 4 is provided at one of the side edges of the envelop with a flexible flap 8 extending exteriorly of the envelop and adapted to bear identification matter.

The flexible flap 8 which may extendoutwardly as illustrated in dotted 'linesin Fig. 2 of the drawing is also capable of being folded inwardly against the exterior of the side wall 3 when desired. The projecting or exteriorlyarranged fla'p 8 enables the contents of the filing envelop to be readily ascertained at a glance and when a large number of filing envelops are placed within a caslng or container, the contents thereof may be easily and quickly examined and the desired record or records may be removed without unnecessary handling of records not desired.

The extension identification fiap may be located at any one of the closed edges of the envelop and the latter may be made of any desired dimensions and in various forms. The identification flap by being flexible forms a hinged connection with the envelop and the flaps of a number of filing envelops may be easily depressed by the fingers of either hand so that the titles may instantly .be brought to view with .almost the same motion as running through the leaves of a book.

The filing envelop is also useful for many purposes where more extensive filing-laystems would be inapplicable, such as filing photographic negatives, sheet music and the like, the plan of handling such articles being precisely the same as with disk records.

The method of individual filing by title or subject matter will be found superior to collective or alphabetical filing where but a limited number of articles are to be filed, as no systematic replacement of articles removed for use froni' a cabinet or other filing receptacle need befbbserve'd.

This invention enables identifying tabs to be applied to various articles without injury or defacement of such articles. It affords a protection to such articles and it provides an easy method for pamphlets and articles not thick enough to have the necessary identification data stamped upon the edge or back which is usually exposed to view in a filing receptacle for such articles.

envelop at said points, said envelop beingprovided at one of its closed side edges with a narrow longitudinal exteriorly arran ed identification flap adapted to be eit er folded against the envelop or arranged in a projecting position.

2. A filing envelop of the class described consisting of a single sheet ofpaper folded centrally to form two side walls and a con-. necting bend which closes the rear end of the envelop, the front end of the envelop being open for the insertion and removal of a disk or other record, said side walls being united at their side edges to close the envelop at said points, said envelop being provided at one of its closed side edges with a narrow longitudinal flap formed integral with one of the side walls of the envelop 3. A filing envelop consisting of a single piece of flexible material folded to form two side Walls and a connecting bend which closes the rear end of the envelop, the front end ofthe envelop being open, one of the side walls being provided at its side edges with narrow longitudinal flaps secured to the other side wall, the latter side wall being provided at one of its side edges with an outturned exteriorly. arranged narrow longitudinal flap extending along one of the closed side edges of the envelop and adapted to bear identification matter.

4;. A filing envelop open at one edge and closed at the other'edges and provided at one of its closed edges with an integral extension identification fiap extending along such closed edge and located beyond the side Walls of the envelop without cutting the said side walls.

JOHN P. EISENHAUER. 

